Hot and Cold in Alamedin Gorge
William, Aliciya and I took a great trip up Alamedin Gorge to play in the snow and the hot water of the Teplye Kluchi Hot Springs.
We started out playing in the snow.
Aliciya had a blast playing in all kinds of ways
William set out immediately to climb the mountain (if you follow the footprints, you can see him, just a speck, where they end). Soon Aliciya was trying to follow.
He got way up there, before I called him back down.
And then comes the fun part, sliding back down.
After we got good and cold, we decided to warm up swimming at the hot springs. There is an old Soviet-era swimming pool, where the warm, slightly radioactive, water sooths and warms you.
William, enjoying the warm waters
Aliciya in dreamland -- the steam off of the water gives the place a surreal quality.
William, swimming
Aliciya and William are like their dad: They love the water.
After we finished swimming, I caught this shot of the foothills in the late afternoon light as we came back down.
Posted: January 11th, 2010 under Family, Kyrgyzstan.
Tags: Aliciya, Family, Kyrgyzstan, William
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